Ebola

New Ebola cases confirmed in Guinea as WHO warns of more possible flare ups18 March 2016 WHO/M. WinklerConakry — WHO has dispatched a team of specialists to the southern prefecture of Nzérékoré after 2 new cases of Ebola were detected and confirmed in a rural village. Guinean health officials in the region alerted WHO and partners on 16 March to 3 unexplained deaths in recent weeks in the village of Koropara and said other members of the same family are currently showing symptoms characteristic of Ebola. Guinea’s Ministry of Health, WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and UNICEF sent in investigators on 17 March. Samples were taken from 4 individuals. A mother and her…

Semen studies on Ebola survivors include PCR positives 9 months post infection.

Media reports citing Ebola persistence after recovered HCW is readmitted in Scotland.

Lancet report describe initial results for rVSV Ebola vaccine in Guinea.

News Release WHO/ 37 31 July 2015 World on the Verge of an Effective Ebola Vaccine Geneva, 31 July 2015 – Results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that VSV-EBOV (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) is highly effective against Ebola. The independent body of international experts - the Data and Safety Monitoring Board – that conducted the review, advised that the trial should continue. Preliminary results from analyses of these interim data are published today in the British journal The Lancet. “This is an extremely promising development,” said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization. “The credit goes …

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/multimedia/vpc-31-july-2015.pdf?ua=1

After 7 weeks Ebola re-emerges In Liberia near Monrovia.

Two contacts of new Ebola index case in Liberia are Ebola confirmed.